Battle of Minden

The Battle of Minden (1 August 1759) was a major battle of the Seven Years War, occurring when an army of 44,000 French Army troops under Duke Louis Georges Erasme de Contades launched a fresh offensive against an army of 37,000 British and German troops under the command of Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel at Minden in northern Germany. Six British and two Hanoverian regiments repelled several attacks by French cavalry, holding the line against impossible odds, and the French attack petered out. The British and German troops proceeded to launch a massive counterattack against the French forces, routing them and driving the French out of Hanover for the rest of the war.